A Truly Unforgettable Experience

I had an outstanding and truly unforgettable experience working at Coast provincial hospital in Mombasa with Elective Africa. Immediately when i arrived at Mombasa Airport after thirty hours of traveling, i was met with cheerful waves and smiles of Benard, Carol and Kellsie, our driver supervisor and the other student in the program respectively. While the transition from living in America to Kenya would have been very difficult, i felt extremely comfortable and grew very close to my friend on the program. Likewise our supervisor Carol is very kind, helpful, supportive and communicative ensuring that we always arrive ...

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A Wholesome Experience

Elective Africa was a great experience that aided in my learning for my future career.The hospital work was exciting offering something new everyday.The doctors and patients were very welcoming and kind. The activities that the company provided were great opportunities to learn about the country of Kenya and the culture. Overall, I would recommend this program to students and friends.

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A Whirlwind of Exciting Opportunities

My 6 weeks in Mombasa were a whirlwind of exciting opportunities. As a pre-med student I got amazing mentorship that I wouldn't have gotten at home. The doctors were always willing to teach me new skills or show of rares of diseases we may not get at home. The coordinator was very friendly  and always there to help organise activities outside of the hospital. To sum up in 3 words :challenging, rewarding and memorable.  

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A Great Enrichment To My Education

I had a really lovlely expereince during my four weeks in Arusha with Elective Africa. Mount Meru Hospital was a great learning experience with a wide range of pathology. The nurses and doctors I encountered were so friendly and welcoming and they went out of their way to ensure I got a lot of hands on experience. There was great support on the ground - our coordinators was always available when issues came up. He also helped us get involved in the local community - I so enjoyed the weekend hikes, coffee tours he suggested. On the whole, this was ...

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A Perfect Ending To Medical School

The 4 weeks I spent working at Mt. Meru Regional Hospital in Arusha, Tanzania were some of the most memorable of my life entire medical school journey. Arusha is a wonderful place to call home for one month and the staff at Mt. Meru was so warm and welcoming towards us as medical students. Given that the hospital is regional referral center, there is a large volume of patients and the variety of unique pathology that provided a wonderful learning opportunity to all kinds of students.

I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity provided by Elective Africa  and I leave ...

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A Wonderful Time

Had a wonderful time on my elective in Arusha with Elective Africa. From day 1, felt very at home with both my host family and the hospital and was very well looked after throughtout my stay.

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A Successful Placement Abroad

My name is Sukarnan (Suki) a junior doctor from Australia and I have completed a 2 week Dermatology placement at Coast Provincial General Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. I have always dreamt of completing a medical placement in Africa and Elective Africa were instrumental in making this happen. From start Elective Africa were prompt, organized and communicated well which were all important in facilitating a successful placement in a place like Africa. I was able to appreciate the culture, language and environment. There was plenty of opportunity to explore the city life, beaches, learn Swahili, visit an orphanage/ wildlife parks, ...

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A Good Experience

I had a good experience with Elective Africa. Everyone made me feel welcome and attended to.

A few of my experiences are of the following:

Riding a camel on the beach, visiting the local wood caverns village, jet skiing, going to Haller Park feed giraffes and tortoises , being exposed to local cuisine and culture. At the hospital, the saff were accommodating and allowed me to attain the experiences I needed to grow. I was in internal medicine, cardiac, emergency medicine, pediatrics and surgery. I was thankful to have Benson and Justina.

 Overall, this opportunity allowed to grow emotionally, mentally ...

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Elective Africa ; The Right Choice

Elective Africa met my every expectation. From the pre-electives period , all throughout my final week.

Richard the lead placement officer coordinated my placement and he was there all the way; answered every question I had gave detailed explanation of everything I didn't quite understand and kept on checking even when I landed in Kenya and throughout the placement.

On , ground I learnt that the EA Team have a similar trait. Benson the Mombasa Coordinator was helpful and a couple times he went out of the way to meet requests.

I had a good orientation of CGPH from ...

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An Eye-Opening Experience.

For my final year of medical school, I've been doing clinical rotations in countries around the world. Most of them I had to set up myself but for Kenya I used Elective Africa. They provided a hospital placement for both of my 2-week rotations along with shared housing for me and my wife, a chef providing meals everyday, a cleaning and laundry service and all the assistance we could ask for. My time in the labor ward and the casualty ward has been eye-opening: the level of healthcare given at such a large hospital combined with the amount of improvising ...

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